“Hand in Hand into Havoc” draws together elements and works related to “Lykke Til,” the artist’s recently completed narrative short film, which examines life’s unforeseen challenges through the eyes of a Hong Kongese migrant living in Norway.
Film
4K, HD, colour, sound 5.1, 16:9
4K, HD, colour, sound 5.1, 16:9
2023
26-year-old Ann experiences a financial crisis in her life in Norway. She lives with her partner, Dag in a dilapidated apartment in Oslo. In the winter, she unexpectedly found out she was pregnant. The two’s relationship was on the brink of falling apart. However, she has a chance to face the problems she has with her girlfriend and mother.
Award: Best Director, 17th Hong Kong Freshwave Film Festival, 2023
Film
4K, colour, sound 5.1, 2.39:1, 24 min. 32 sec
The project will take the form of an on-site total installation at the PODIUM in Oslo, consisting of text and sculpture that will form the framework for the video piece: “The Remains of Genetic Salon.”
Exhibition: The Remains of Genetic Salon, Podium OSLO, Oslo Norway.
Photos taken by Øystein Thorvaldsen, Tor Simen Ulstein
Photos taken by Øystein Thorvaldsen, Tor Simen Ulstein
Multi-channel video Installation
Projector, LCD Screens, Sand, Digital printed on paper, 1945s Afterposten newspapers, a Barber Chair and a Costume that have used for the film shoot.
Projector, LCD Screens, Sand, Digital printed on paper, 1945s Afterposten newspapers, a Barber Chair and a Costume that have used for the film shoot.
The film concerns a beauty company that offers high-quality genetic modifications for their customers.The film follows the five receptionists after working hours, where they secretly use the Genetic Salon's DNA trimming. One of them is suspected of selling customers who suffered memory loss after using the genetic beauty services to black market butchers.
Award: Best Editing of AltFF Alternative Film Festival, Ontario, 2022
Produced in Hong Kong and Norway
Produced in Hong Kong and Norway
Film
4K, colour, sound 5.1, 16:9, 12 min. 24 sec
4K, colour, sound 5.1, 16:9, 12 min. 24 sec
The film follows one of the customers in the Genetic Salon as the lingering ghost from the Museum of Medical Science in Hong Kong. During her visit to Genetic Salon, she tries to seize the gene-editing technology used in Genetic Salon to create a vaccine against the plague of the 20th century.
Exhibition: In Search of Receptionists of the Genetic Salon, Isotop Felleatelier, Bergen Norway
Produced in Hong Kong and Norway
Produced in Hong Kong and Norway
Film
4K, colour, sound 5.1, 16:9, 5 min. 4 sec
4K, colour, sound 5.1, 16:9, 5 min. 4 sec